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7/3/2008 1:00 PM

Microsoft Corp (MSFT)

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The Company develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products for many computing devices.

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Current Price:	$25.98
Last Trade Time:	7/3/2008 1:00 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$25.88
Daily Range:	$25.60 - $26.10
52-Week Range:	$23.19 - $37.50
Volume:	37,046,138
Market Cap:	$241.03B
P/E Ratio:	14.79
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Quick action needed if Seattle wants new NBA team
7/3/2008 11:24:00 AM - AP
Premarket Movers: Yahoo rises, Nvidia falls
7/3/2008 9:01:00 AM - AP
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
7/3/2008 1:19:00 AM - AP
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
7/2/2008 11:36:00 PM - AP

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33 Microsoft Corp (MSFT)

Avatar PouyaZ (71.01) Submitted: 4/05/08 8:37 AM

Interesting chess match chess match between Microsoft and Yahoo.

Microsoft's revenue increased from $44.3B in 2006 to $51.1B in 2007, because the Zune division finally become profitable, Xbox 360/Live division flourished, and software sales. In term of software, people love to focus on Vista. T...More

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Interesting chess match chess match between Microsoft and Yahoo.

Microsoft's revenue increased from $44.3B in 2006 to $51.1B in 2007, because the Zune division finally become profitable, Xbox 360/Live division flourished, and software sales. In term of software, people love to focus on Vista. True, it wasn't well received and illegal pirated copies exist, but it is still the second best selling operating system of all-time behind XP, Windows 7 is going to be released within the next couple of years, and Microsoft makes a lot of other software (such as Office) that also makes a lot of money. In addition, despite my prediction that (1) for gaming the PS3 will outsell the Xbox in 2008 and (2) for mobile OS, Google's Android and Apple's OS for the iPhone will start to take more marketshare, Microsoft is still going increase revenue at least through 2009 by at least a $6B per year increase.

MSFT used to be at around $36, but it has dropped YTD 18% because of (1) uncertainty with the Yahoo! bid and (2) it is part of the technology sector which gets hammered during a recession. My prediction is that once the Yahoo fiasco is over, the stock will immediately jump from $29 to around $32+, because this is where it was before the bid and there was no other catalyst pushing the stock price down. From there, the price target is about $40. Currently the stock is cheap. Its current P/E is 15.51, which is not only less than its industry's average (16.58), but the lowest it has been since 1996. If you take into account growth, its PEG is still only 1.21, that is about average for its industry and sector. Microsoft should be trading at a premium. Moreover, Microsoft has beat analyst earnings the past 7 quarters and EPS trends for the current quarter have been revised to increase the amount from the estimate 90 days ago. You don't really have to worry about the shorts pushing down this stock either, because only 1.50% of the shares are being shorted. During a recession, the tech sector doesn't perform well, but MSFT, RIMM, and AAPL are my bullish exceptions.

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17 Microsoft Corp (MSFT)

Avatar FoolNewb (59.18) Submitted: 4/09/08 1:48 AM

I see no immediate upside for Microsoft outside of game and office software sales. They seem to be in panic mode if you ask me, as evidenced by their recent acquisition attempt of Yahoo. Google dominates search. IE is losing market share to Firefox, Safari, and Opera in the browser world. The Zune w...More

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Recs 0 (MSFT) GyroDynasty (93.66) Submitted: 7/05/08 1:48 PM : Start Price: $27.45 MSFT Score: 1.37 If the price drops to $23.05, invest with confidence. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MSFT) WormwoodCapital (28.37) Submitted: 7/02/08 11:44 PM : Start Price: $25.97 MSFT Score: -0.67 Apple is going to take market share from the Vista OS, and the Xbox is getting old, so the prospects for MSFT don't look great. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MSFT) os400 (86.48) Submitted: 7/02/08 12:35 AM : Start Price: $26.90 MSFT Score: -1.36 MSFT is ripe, pick the fruit. It was overpriced a few years back with a 62 p/e. The P/E has been declining for several years and now it is now under priced with a P/E of 16. The 5 year average earnings per share growth is 24%. This tells me they have a large mote around their castle. Microsoft bought back back 7% of their stock last year. Stock buy backs are a better way of spending excess cash than distributing dividens. Software is what controls computers and microsoft has more software and programmers than any other platform. Gates is a programmer and has always made it easy and cheap for developers. C sharp and VB only run on microsoft. The interactive development tools are Oh-My-God better the the competition. Go to MSN money and look at the 10 year summaries and statements. Their fundementals are excellent. The past is a better predictor than the current soap opra news. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MSFT) pattipdx (< 20) Submitted: 7/01/08 2:07 PM : Start Price: $27.01 MSFT Score: 2.69 Too many failed attempt at buy outs. I think they will lie low for a few months and pounce on something. With Bill gone, it may get very interesting. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MSFT) srussell99 (< 20) Submitted: 7/01/08 7:09 AM : Start Price: $27.26 MSFT Score: 4.48 With Bill Gates retirement and Vista average success, this company is unsure stock for a few years. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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